Cart Life soundtrack bundled with Special Edition
Cart Life, the winner of the Seumas McNally grand prize at the 2013 Independent Games Festival, features a music score by chip musicians Stu, Pocketmaster, Lo-Bat and Mat64. The 24-track soundtrack is included in the game's $5 Everything Edition, available for digital download through designer Richard Hofmeier's website.
Hotline Miami soundtrack launches on Steam
The full 22-track music score to Hotline Miami has been made available for purchase in mp3 format through Stream, featuring music by El Huervo, Scattle, Jasper Byrne and other artists. The PC title has been nominated for both the 2013 Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice audio awards.
Antichamber due out January 31 on Steam
The long-awaited first-person puzzle game Antichamber, recipient of the 2012 IGF Award for Technical Excellence, has been given a release date of January 31 for PCs on Steam. Designed by Alexander Bruce, music for the independently developed title is by Siddhartha Barnhoorn, with sound design by Robin Arnott.
Jessica Curry to present on Dear Esther at GDC 2013
IGF finalist Jessica Curry will present on her music score for Dear Esther at the 2013 Game Developers Conference. Her lecture, entitled "Creating Powerful Scores with Limited Resources," will delve into the backround music's "emotional power and innovative fusion of digital effects and live instrumentation."
IGF 2013 announces Excellence in Audio finalists
The Game Developers Conference's Independent Games Festival has announced the 2013 finalists for the Excellence in Audio award category. They are Kentucky Route Zero (Cardboard Computer), Bad Hotel (Lucky Frame), 140 (Jeppe Carlsen), Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games) and PixeljJunk 4am (Q-Games).
IGF introduces Excellence In Audio Award jurors
The Independent Games Festival has introduced the Excellence In Audio Award jurors for 2013. They include composers and sound designers Shaw-Han Liem (Sound Shapes), Darren Korb (Bastion), David Lloyd and Larry Oji of OverClocked ReMix, Emily Ridgway (Brütal Legend) and Laura Shigihara (Melolune).
Christopher Rhyne's soundtrack to Closure on Bandcamp
Composer Christopher Rhyne has uploaded the soundtrack to Closure, recipient of the audio award at the 2010 Independent Games Festival, which was released today on the PlayStation Network. The eleven track soundtrack and additional three bonus tracks can be streamed in their entirety through Bandcamp.
Q&A: Jessica Curry's Dear Esther soundtrack
A running theme of composer Jessica Curry's visual media projects is the experience of a hidden story being uncovered. IndieGames.com caught up with the composer to hear about her background in literature and music composition, both of which have added nuance to the design of Dear Esther.
Andi Bissig scores IGF finalist Mirage
Andi Bissig of Switzerland is providing original music for Mario von Rickenbach's indie title Mirage. Telling the story of a lonely subaquatic top hat and the human foot that loved him, the game is a finalist in the visual art category of the 2012 Independent Games Festival awards.
Jessica Curry scores Dear Esther
Jessica Curry has composed original music for first-person ghost story Dear Esther, which has been nominated for an Excellence in Audio Award in the 2012 Independent Games Festival. Two years in the making, the commercial remake of the PC mod features a re-orchestrated soundtrack.
IGF announces 2012 Excellence in Audio finalists
The organizers of the 2012 Independent Games Festival, taking place at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this March, have announces the finalists for the Excellence in Audio award.
Indie game composer chat - Night, Flower, Eden and Proud
The composers of NightSky, Flower, PixelJunk Eden and Sound Shapes discuss the intersection between independent games and music.
